Should I start Michael Mayer or Gunnar Helm in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Michael Mayer, and the board ranks him 167th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Gunnar Helm, and the board ranks him 174th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Michael Mayer is 1.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Gunnar Helm is 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a tight end's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Michael Mayer's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 9, Michael Mayer has been on the field for 81 percent of LV snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 84 third down targets, had 2 of its 27 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 43 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 5.2 air yards.

In Week 7 against LAR he caught 3 of 3 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against NYJ he caught 5 of 6 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 9 against SF he caught 3 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Gunnar Helm has been on the field for 75 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 67 third down targets, had 0 of its 17 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 38 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 5.8 air yards.

In Week 6 against IND he was not given the ball.

In Week 7 against CLE he caught 3 of 4 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against CIN he caught 5 of 9 targets for 76 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Michael Mayer played 13 games and scored 73.8 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE38.

He caught 35 of 50 targets for 328 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 70 percent catch rate and 9.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Gunnar Helm played 16 games and scored 91.7 PPR points, 5.7 a game, finishing TE31.

He caught 44 of 55 targets for 357 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 80 percent catch rate and 8.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 53 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Gunnar Helm was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 they scored the same 5.7 PPR points a game.

Michael Mayer finished TE38 that year and Gunnar Helm TE31.

Gunnar Helm had 5 more targets than Michael Mayer, 55 to 50.

Gunnar Helm had 29 more receiving yards than Michael Mayer, 357 to 328.

This season Michael Mayer holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 75 percent.

This season Michael Mayer holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 11 percent.

Byes and availability

Michael Mayer is off in Week 13 and Gunnar Helm in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.